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Food security in the Central African Republic

Posted in CAP, Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, FAO, Farming, Food, appeal, displacement, malnutrition on Aug 8th, 2008 1 Comment »

Watering cropsWhen families are forced to flee their villages because of violence, they often have to leave behind some of their most valuable assets: seeds and tools for farming. This leads to an even bigger loss: their harvest.

Because of ongoing violence, food security is a major issue in the Central African Republic. Although some early projects are making a difference, more needs to be done; local food prices are increasing rapidly for food produced both inside and out of CAR .
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Seed distribution with Mercy Corps in Nana-Mambéré

Posted in FAO, Farming, Food, education, roads on Aug 6th, 2008 No Comments »

In the western part of the Central African Republic (CAR) lies the Nana-Mambéré prefecture, divided in two by CAR’s primary trade route with Cameroon. The road is the country’s most important lifeline (for supplies coming from Douala’s port), and also its only real possibility for trading timber or agricultural exports internationally.

To support farming communities in Nana- Mambéré, Mercy Corps, in conjunction with the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation, recently completed one of the largest seed distribution ever performed in CAR. Reaching over 12,500 farmers, the programme was designed to address three of the major issues facing people in Nana-Mambéré: food insecurity, chronic poverty and hunger.
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